The Halcyon Archipelago of Ko-oren is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by the Prime Minister with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, humorless, devout population of 18.363 billion Ko-orenites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ko-oren City. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The enormous but inefficient Ko-orenite economy, worth a remarkable 1,313 trillion Koronas a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 71,508 Koronas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

It takes at least three to tango, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, The Prime Minister can often be seen hanging around playgrounds chatting with the kids, and the children of Ko-oren are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ko-oren's national animal is the Dragonfly, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is various.

Ko-oren is ranked 173,081^st in the world and 193^rd in Atlantian Oceania for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -29.29 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.